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偶爾

偶爾

Chinese

 
accidental; image; pair; mate
 
thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (偶爾) 偶 爾
simp. (偶尔) 偶 尔

Adverb

偶爾

  1. now and then; from time to time; sometimes
    我偶爾去健身房。 / 我偶尔去健身房。  ―  Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù jiànshēnfáng.  ―  I go to the gym every now and then.

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偶 爾
ぐう
Grade: S 		じ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From 偶 (gū, “by chance”) + 爾 (ji, “situation”)

Adjective

偶爾 ‎(-nari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, romaji gūji)

  • Nari Inflection (ナリ活用)
  1. By accident; by chance.
    • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, Shūyō (修養, Cultivation of the mind)
      これは自分の専門学の余暇に、ただ偶爾の随感随想を述べたるに過ぎざれば、...
      Kore wa jibun no senmon-gaku no yoka ni, tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru-ni sugizareba, ...

偶爾 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, romaji gūji)

  • Tari Inflection (タリ活用)
  1. By accident; by chance.

Pronunciation

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